I Can Barely Walk

Monday my trainer had me do calf raises. No big deal, I thought. I have done calf raises before and often do them when I stand in line because it’s a great and easy way to tone calves and hamstrings and glutes. So I figured this was going to be a piece of cake. Except not so much.

This machine was weird to begin with, since it was a seated one, but that only made me think it was going to be that much easier. But holy hell, it about killed me. Which is saying something considering he had previously made me do bicep curls while balancing on a half ball.

I may be overstating it just a little bit but there was a moment or two when I thought I might, um, how shall we say it politely? I can’t say it politely so I’ll just say it. I thought I might actually poop my pants. Thankfully I did not, or trust me you would have heard about it sooner. That’s blog fodder too good to pass up. But seriously, if that had happened, there would be no coming back to the gym after that.

So even though I managed to not humiliate myself at the gym, I am left with one lingering issue. My calves are so sore, I can barely walk. Ouch. I haven’t been this sore from training since I started this whole process.

Let’s just hope that tomorrow’s session does not hold calf raises for me. Not only for the sake of my calves but for the sake of my pride.

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